Notre Dame Writer Compares Blink-182 to the Beatles

Notre Dame Writer Compares Blink-182 to the Beatles

I just read a rather fascinating, yet strangely disturbing article in the Notre Dame Observer this morning. It opens with the line:


The Beatles. Bob Dylan. Buddy Holly. The Beach Boys. Blink-182.
That's right. I am proposing that it is time for Blink-182 to be officially elevated to "classic" status.


The author goes on to detail why exactly they deserve iconic status, which doesn’t have anything to do with Travis Barker’s plane crash and mainly consists of the fact that the writer liked them in junior high and when “All the Small Things” comes on at the bar people get excited. People also get excited when Flo Rida comes on, but we’re not comparing him to Elvis.


I am conflicted about this however, because I have to admit that Blink-182 was also my favorite bands in junior high, and actually well into my high school years. They’re the reason I started playing the guitar.


Unfortunately, as sentimental as that sounds, after I thought I was sweet because I learned 20 Blink songs, I promptly quit the guitar once I realized I couldn’t play anything besides note-picking and power chords. While I loved (and frankly still love) Blink to death, I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge that in terms of actual talent, they suck (except Barker). The same goes for other freshmen year classics like Limp Bizkit’s “Rollin” or Korn’s “Freak on a Leash.” I may crack a smile and start rocking out when one of these “new classics” comes on, but I’d deserved to be crucified if I ever started comparing Fred Durst to John Lennon.


There’s a difference between “nostalgia” and “classic,” and Notre Dame’s “Observer Scene” writer would do well to remember that.

 

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Anonymous
i have to agree their last album is one of the best albums in the last 10 years from the first track to the last track it is a good album... even the who and bloc party agree. Posted 09/23/2008 11:12 AMReply
Anonymous
oh holy ****. what is the world coming to? Posted 09/23/2008 4:56 PMReply
Anonymous
It's not a matter of are they amazing musicians, the question was are they classic.

And yes they are, my mom knows the lyrics to All The Small Things and I Miss You

Everybody loved Blink-182, and got excited when they appeared on T.V.

They were a punk rock phenomena.

And they are classics.
Posted 09/25/2008 4:35 PMReply
Anonymous
Blink 182 stood for so much.
They had many catchy songs.
But they stood out for a specific group and wrote songs about a specific group and had the maturity of a specific group. The Teens. They put on shows for the Teens. Delonge and Hoppus were pretty much teenaged til 28 and thats how society liked them. It wasa beautiful thing.
Posted 09/25/2008 7:35 PMReply
Anonymous
**** yeah dude it seems lke i wrote it! Posted 09/26/2008 6:44 PMReply
Anonymous
look at the songs obvious, i miss you violence always easy target asthenia anthem im sorry and you'll see why blink are one the best bands Posted 09/28/2008 2:23 PMReply
Anonymous
music is not measured by how complex or hard it is ,its how much you like it and how much your affected by it so yeah blin-182 are legends and they are better then the beatle,pay attention to the better=more fun more relatable not more talened but still talent isent everything and the betles are homos Posted 03/23/2009 10:09 AMReply

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